LATE NIGHT

10.26.11

Obama on Leno: Libya a 'Success'

Paul Drinkwater / NBC

The president made a stop on late-night TV Tuesday night, telling The Tonight Show’s Jay Leno that U.S. intervention in Libya was a “recipe for success” and comparing the GOP presidential candidates to Survivor contestants—saying he’ll only start paying attention once most of them are “voted off the island.” Obama also claimed that he has “definitively” stopped smoking and chided the GOP for opposing his withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. It was his fourth appearance on the show, and his second as president.